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Seated cat C2C blanket

The same seated cat chart crocheted corner to corner: each chart square becomes a block of 1–4 square C2C tiles, centred on a standard blanket size with at least three clear tiles around it. Every diagonal row and bobbin comes from the C2C engine.

Original Purlgrid recipe · engine-checked counts · diagrams are previews, not photographs of a physically made sample.

Supplies and skills

Worsted or bulky yarn in oat and deep indigo, a crochet hook, bobbins and a yarn needle.

  • C2C increases and decreases
  • Bobbin colour changes
  • Single-crochet border

How to make it

  1. Crochet a few C2C tiles, block them and measure one tile side. Enter it with the blanket size and the cat size.
  2. Start at the bottom-right corner and follow each diagonal row with its bobbins. Increase at both edges until the diagonal reaches the shorter side. On a rectangle the next rows keep the same length — increase at one edge and decrease at the other — until the longer side is reached; only then decrease at both edges. The shaping list gives the exact rows.
  3. Change colour only where the written rows switch bobbins, and cut each bobbin where the plan says it ends.
  4. Work the border rounds, weave in all ends and block the blanket flat.

The graph is a tile-colour preview, not a photograph of a crocheted sample.

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Tiles across
48
Tiles up
64
Blanket
91.2 × 121.6 cm
Cat
32 × 44 tiles

Lapghan size at your measured 1.9 cm tile. Each chart square of the cat is 2 × 2 C2C tiles (whole-number scaling; tiles are square, so the cat keeps its proportions). Clear tiles around the cat: 8 left, 8 right, 10 above, 10 below (at least 3).

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Source motif pg-seated-cat-v1 · 16 × 22 squares · 205 motif squares in deep indigo on oat. Row 1 is the bottom row. The same chart, in the same orientation, is used for the hat, the cushion and the C2C blanket. On this blanket each square is 2 × 2 C2C tiles.
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C2C tile graph from the engine (one square = one tile). It shows tile colours, not the crochet texture. Border not drawn.

How the rows are shaped

Terms used here: C2C = corner to corner; tile = one block of chain 3 and 3 US double crochet (dc); ch = chain; sl st = slip stitch; sc = US single crochet; bobbin = a small wound length of one colour.

  1. Rows 1–48: increase at both ends.
  2. Rows 49–64: decrease at the lower edge, increase at the upper edge.
  3. Rows 65–111: decrease at both ends.

This is a rectangle: after the first phase the diagonal rows stop growing. In the middle phase one edge increases while the other decreases, so every row keeps the same number of tiles. Do not start decreasing at both edges until the last phase.

  • Graph48 × 64 tiles · 2 colours · 111 diagonal rows · about 91.2 × 121.6 cm (36 × 47.75 in) with 1.9 cm tiles
  • Bobbins10 bobbins, never more than 5 hanging at once. Yarn is carried inside the tiles across gaps of up to 2 tiles.
  • Colour AA 2252 tiles · 5 bobbins (4 from the ball), up to 3 at once · ≈ 1370 m (1499 yd) in all
  • Colour BB 820 tiles · 5 bobbins (2 from the ball), up to 2 at once · ≈ 500 m (547 yd) in all
  • Checked7 checks passed: the written rows rebuild your graph tile by tile and every bobbin is picked up where it was left.
Every row with its bobbins (111 diagonal rows)

The letter is the colour, the number the bobbin; numbers before them are tiles. * = join a new bobbin here. A bobbin named twice in one row is carried inside the tiles in between. ✂ = cut after this row, leaving a 15 cm (6 in) tail. Start at the bottom right corner: odd rows ↗, even rows ↙.

  1. Row 1 ↗ (1) 1 A1*
  2. Row 2 ↙ (2) 2 A1
  3. Row 3 ↗ (3) 3 A1
  4. Row 4 ↙ (4) 4 A1
  5. Row 5 ↗ (5) 5 A1
  6. Row 6 ↙ (6) 6 A1
  7. Row 7 ↗ (7) 7 A1
  8. Row 8 ↙ (8) 8 A1
  9. Row 9 ↗ (9) 9 A1
  10. Row 10 ↙ (10) 10 A1
  11. Row 11 ↗ (11) 11 A1
  12. Row 12 ↙ (12) 12 A1
  13. Row 13 ↗ (13) 13 A1
  14. Row 14 ↙ (14) 14 A1
  15. Row 15 ↗ (15) 15 A1
  16. Row 16 ↙ (16) 16 A1
  17. Row 17 ↗ (17) 17 A1
  18. Row 18 ↙ (18) 18 A1
  19. Row 19 ↗ (19) 19 A1
  20. Row 20 ↙ (20) 20 A1
  21. Row 21 ↗ (21) 21 A1
  22. Row 22 ↙ (22) 22 A1
  23. Row 23 ↗ (23) 23 A1
  24. Row 24 ↙ (24) 24 A1
  25. Row 25 ↗ (25) 10 A1, 1 B1*, 1 A1, 1 B1, 12 A1
  26. Row 26 ↙ (26) 12 A1, 4 B1, 10 A2*
  27. Row 27 ↗ (27) 10 A2, 5 B1, 1 A1, 1 B1, 1 A1, 1 B1, 8 A1
  28. Row 28 ↙ (28) 8 A1, 10 B1, 10 A2
  29. Row 29 ↗ (29) 10 A2, 8 B1, 1 A1, 2 B1, 8 A1
  30. Row 30 ↙ (30) 8 A1, 2 B1, 2 A1, 8 B1, 10 A2
  31. Row 31 ↗ (31) 10 A2, 9 B1, 2 A1, 2 B1, 8 A1
  32. Row 32 ↙ (32) 8 A1, 2 B1, 2 A1, 10 B1, 10 A2
  33. Row 33 ↗ (33) 10 A2, 11 B1, 2 A1, 2 B1, 8 A1
  34. Row 34 ↙ (34) 8 A1, 2 B1, 2 A1, 12 B1, 10 A2
  35. Row 35 ↗ (35) 10 A2, 13 B1, 2 A1, 2 B1, 8 A1
  36. Row 36 ↙ (36) 8 A1, 2 B1, 2 A1, 14 B1, 10 A2
  37. Row 37 ↗ (37) 10 A2, 15 B1, 2 A1, 2 B1, 8 A1
  38. Row 38 ↙ (38) 8 A1, 2 B1, 2 A1, 16 B1, 10 A2
  39. Row 39 ↗ (39) 10 A2, 16 B1, 3 A1, 2 B2*, 8 A1
  40. Row 40 ↙ (40) 8 A1, 2 B2, 4 A1, 16 B1, 10 A2
  41. Row 41 ↗ (41) 11 A2, 16 B1, 4 A1, 2 B2, 8 A1
  42. Row 42 ↙ (42) 8 A1, 2 B2, 4 A1, 16 B1, 12 A2
  43. Row 43 ↗ (43) 10 A2, 1 B1, 2 A2, 16 B1, 4 A1, 2 B2, 8 A1
  44. Row 44 ↙ (44) 8 A1, 2 B2, 4 A1, 16 B1, 2 A2, 2 B1, 10 A2
  45. Row 45 ↗ (45) 10 A2, 3 B1, 2 A3*, 15 B1, 5 A1, 2 B2, 8 A1
  46. Row 46 ↙ (46) 8 A1, 2 B2, 6 A1, 14 B1, 2 A3, 4 B1, 10 A2
  47. Row 47 ↗ (47) 10 A2, 5 B1, 2 A3, 14 B1, 6 A1, 1 B2, 9 A1 ✂ B2
  48. Row 48 ↙ (48) 16 A1, 14 B1, 2 A3, 6 B1, 10 A2
  49. Row 49 ↗ (48) 10 A2, 6 B1, 2 A3, 13 B1, 6 A1, 1 B3*, 10 A1
  50. Row 50 ↙ (48) 10 A1, 2 B3, 6 A1, 12 B1, 2 A3, 6 B1, 10 A2
  51. Row 51 ↗ (48) 10 A2, 1 B1, 1 A2, 4 B1, 1 A3, 13 B1, 3 A1, 1 B3, 1 A1, 2 B3, 11 A1 ✂ B1 A3
  52. Row 52 ↙ (48) 12 A1, 4 B3, 2 A4*, 18 B3, 12 A2 ✂ A1
  53. Row 53 ↗ (48) 12 A2, 17 B3, 3 A4, 1 B4*, 1 A4, 1 B4, 13 A4 ✂ B4
  54. Row 54 ↙ (48) 20 A4, 16 B3, 12 A2
  55. Row 55 ↗ (48) 12 A2, 16 B3, 20 A4
  56. Row 56 ↙ (48) 20 A4, 16 B3, 12 A2
  57. Row 57 ↗ (48) 12 A2, 15 B3, 21 A4
  58. Row 58 ↙ (48) 22 A4, 14 B3, 12 A2
  59. Row 59 ↗ (48) 12 A2, 14 B3, 22 A4
  60. Row 60 ↙ (48) 22 A4, 14 B3, 12 A2
  61. Row 61 ↗ (48) 12 A2, 13 B3, 23 A4
  62. Row 62 ↙ (48) 24 A4, 12 B3, 12 A2
  63. Row 63 ↗ (48) 12 A2, 12 B3, 24 A4
  64. Row 64 ↙ (48) 24 A4, 12 B3, 12 A2
  65. Row 65 ↗ (47) 12 A2, 12 B3, 23 A4
  66. Row 66 ↙ (46) 22 A4, 12 B3, 12 A2
  67. Row 67 ↗ (45) 12 A2, 12 B3, 21 A4
  68. Row 68 ↙ (44) 20 A4, 12 B3, 12 A2
  69. Row 69 ↗ (43) 12 A2, 12 B3, 19 A4
  70. Row 70 ↙ (42) 18 A4, 12 B3, 12 A2
  71. Row 71 ↗ (41) 12 A2, 1 B3, 1 A2, 10 B3, 17 A4
  72. Row 72 ↙ (40) 16 A4, 10 B3, 14 A2
  73. Row 73 ↗ (39) 14 A2, 9 B3, 16 A4
  74. Row 74 ↙ (38) 16 A4, 8 B3, 14 A2
  75. Row 75 ↗ (37) 13 A2, 9 B3, 15 A4
  76. Row 76 ↙ (36) 14 A4, 10 B3, 12 A2
  77. Row 77 ↗ (35) 12 A2, 10 B3, 13 A4
  78. Row 78 ↙ (34) 12 A4, 10 B3, 12 A2
  79. Row 79 ↗ (33) 11 A2, 11 B3, 11 A4
  80. Row 80 ↙ (32) 10 A4, 12 B3, 10 A2 ✂ A4
  81. Row 81 ↗ (31) 10 A2, 7 B3, 1 A5*, 1 B3, 1 A5, 1 B3, 10 A5 ✂ B3
  82. Row 82 ↙ (30) 14 A5, 6 B5*, 10 A2
  83. Row 83 ↗ (29) 9 A2, 7 B5, 13 A5
  84. Row 84 ↙ (28) 12 A5, 8 B5, 8 A2
  85. Row 85 ↗ (27) 8 A2, 1 B5, 1 A2, 1 B5, 1 A2, 3 B5, 12 A5 ✂ A2
  86. Row 86 ↙ (26) 12 A5, 2 B5, 12 A5
  87. Row 87 ↗ (25) 12 A5, 2 B5, 11 A5
  88. Row 88 ↙ (24) 10 A5, 2 B5, 12 A5
  89. Row 89 ↗ (23) 12 A5, 1 B5, 10 A5 ✂ B5
  90. Row 90 ↙ (22) 22 A5
  91. Row 91 ↗ (21) 21 A5
  92. Row 92 ↙ (20) 20 A5
  93. Row 93 ↗ (19) 19 A5
  94. Row 94 ↙ (18) 18 A5
  95. Row 95 ↗ (17) 17 A5
  96. Row 96 ↙ (16) 16 A5
  97. Row 97 ↗ (15) 15 A5
  98. Row 98 ↙ (14) 14 A5
  99. Row 99 ↗ (13) 13 A5
  100. Row 100 ↙ (12) 12 A5
  101. Row 101 ↗ (11) 11 A5
  102. Row 102 ↙ (10) 10 A5
  103. Row 103 ↗ (9) 9 A5
  104. Row 104 ↙ (8) 8 A5
  105. Row 105 ↗ (7) 7 A5
  106. Row 106 ↙ (6) 6 A5
  107. Row 107 ↗ (5) 5 A5
  108. Row 108 ↙ (4) 4 A5
  109. Row 109 ↗ (3) 3 A5
  110. Row 110 ↙ (2) 2 A5
  111. Row 111 ↗ (1) 1 A5 ✂ A5

Border

Round 1: with the background colour, work single crochet evenly along each side: 2 sc into the chain side of a tile and 3 sc into its double-crochet side, so about 5 sc for every 2 tiles. Work 3 sc into each corner. Join with a slip stitch.

Round 2: ch 1, sc in each sc, 3 sc in the centre sc of each corner; join. Each round adds 8 stitches.

RoundTop & bottom (each)Sides (each)Total sc
Round 1120160572
Round 2122162580

Side counts do not include the 3 corner stitches. These counts are a guide: lay the blanket flat after round 1 and add or skip a stitch where the edge ruffles or pulls in.

Finishing

  1. Weave in every bobbin end along tiles of its own colour.
  2. Work the border rounds above (if any), then lay the blanket flat, mist or wet-block it to the measured size and let it dry.

Materials

  • Two colours of the same yarn: oat background and deep indigo cat (bobbin lengths above)
  • Crochet hook that gives your measured tile, bobbins, yarn needle

Bobbin and colour lengths come from the C2C engine's yarn model (about 29 × the tile side per tile); border yarn is not included.

Approximate time: about 18.0–36.1 hours of stitching: 3,072 C2C tiles at 1.5–3 tiles per minute (one tile is timed as a unit: chain 3 and 3 double crochet, with the slip stitches, row turns and bobbin changes around it); 1,152 border single crochets at 10–20 stitches per minute. Every pace above is an assumed range, not a timed sample; enter your own pace to replace the main one. Finishing (seams, weaving in ends, blocking) is not included.

Totals: 3,072 tiles (820 cat tiles), 1152 border sc.

  • All 111 diagonal rows follow the increase/decrease rules at both edges
  • 3072 tiles in total (48 × 64)
  • Every row's written colour counts add up to that row's tile count
  • The 111 written rows, read on their own, rebuild every tile of your graph
  • Replaying the 10 bobbins row by row gives every row's colours in working order
  • All 247 times a bobbin carries on into the next row, it is picked up next to where it stopped (at most 2 tiles away)
  • Each of the 3072 tiles belongs to exactly one bobbin, and each colour's bobbins add up to its tiles
  • ✓ The cat (32 × 44 tiles) has 8/8 tiles clear at the sides and 10/10 above and below

The same cat, other makes

Seated cat beanie (duplicate stitch) · Seated cat cushion with optional pet name — same chart pg-seated-cat-v1, 16 × 22 squares.

Questions about this project

Why does the cat not fill a bigger blanket?

The cat keeps whole tiles per chart square. Choose a larger cat size if the blanket has room; the engine refuses sizes where the cat would come closer than three tiles to the edge.

Is the border included in the yarn amounts?

No. The bobbin lengths cover the tiles only, as in our other C2C patterns.

Terms and next steps

k = knit; p = purl; sc = US single crochet; MC = main colour; CC = contrast colour. A number after a stitch abbreviation is the number of stitches to work. Read repeat instructions as written.

Abbreviation references: Craft Yarn Council knitting terms · Craft Yarn Council crochet terms and US/UK comparison.

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